Nefarious
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“Mother and father knew that the last king and queen of Bengolarrea weren’t long for this world so they decided that if they had a daughter, she would become a bride to a royal dragon, and that dragon would pay them riches as a dowry to my parents.”
Her parents’ way of thinking gave me such a headache that I had to rub my temple to try and relieve it of some pain. “Didn’t they realize that the Gods tell us through the Testing of Blood ceremony which women are the dragon’s brides?”
“They knew that the Great Gods would pick their family because of their outstanding pedigree and history. And that the fact that no bride had been chosen from the house of Valentinus before.” That last part made sense yet it was the only part that did. Her parents were truly so full of themselves
